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Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies is a research topic within Parasitology. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research related to Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum, including epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, zoonotic transmission, host-pathogen interactions, virulence factors, genetic diversity, and immune response. The papers cover a wide range of topics from molecular biology to clinical aspects of toxoplasmosis and neosporosis.

  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Neosporosis
  • Epidemiology
  • Diagnosis
  • Prevention
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Zoonotic Transmission
  • Virulence Factors
  • Genetic Diversity
  • Immune Response
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Which countries lead Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (552 and 433 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 552 works
  2. 2 United States 433 works
  3. 3 Brazil 330 works
  4. 4 Iraq 165 works
  5. 5 Iran 158 works
  6. 6 India 117 works
  7. 7 Egypt 114 works
  8. 8 France 106 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 79 works
  10. 10 Germany 74 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 25.9%United States: 20.4%Brazil: 15.5%Iraq: 7.7%6 others listed: 30.5%26%largest
China552 · 25.9%United States433 · 20.4%Brazil330 · 15.5%Iraq165 · 7.7%6 others listed649 · 30.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies research, followed by University of Baghdad and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 31 works
  2. 2 University of BaghdadIraq 23 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 23 works
  4. 4 University of Al-QadisiyahIraq 18 works
  5. 5 InsermFrance 16 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 15 works
  7. 7 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 15 works
  8. 8 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 14 works
  9. 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 14 works
  10. 10 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies include Guido Kroemer, Shizuo Akira and Patrizio Lancellotti.

  1. 1 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  2. 2 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  3. 3 Patrizio Lancellotti Belgium 245k citations
  4. 4 Richard Anthony Flavell United States 237k citations
  5. 5 Didier Raoult France 232k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies?

The most cited paper in Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies is "Lounging in a lysosome: the intracellular lifestyle of Coxiella burnetii" (Daniel E. Voth, Robert A. Heinzen, 2007), with 11,768 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy" (4,068) and "Toxoplasma gondii: from animals to humans" (3,749).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lounging in a lysosome: the intracellular lifestyle of Coxiella burnetii Daniel E. Voth, Robert A. Heinzen · Cellular Microbiology Open access 16 Feb 2007 11,768
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access1,270 authors Apr 2012 4,068
3 Toxoplasma gondii: from animals to humans Astrid Margareta Tenter, Anja R. Heckeroth, Louis M. Weiss · International Journal for Parasitology Open access Nov 2000 3,749
4 Autophagy as a Regulated Pathway of Cellular Degradation Daniel J. Klionsky, Scott D. Emr · Science Open access Dec 2000 3,633
5 Toxoplasmosis José Gilberto Montoya, Oliver Liesenfeld · The Lancet Jun 2004 3,305
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Where is Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies research done?

The largest centres of Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Baghdad (Iraq) and Tehran (Iran).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 68 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 60 works
  3. 3 BaghdadIraq 46 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 42 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 39 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 36 works
  7. 7 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 32 works
  8. 8 MadridSpain 28 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 26 works
  10. 10 GizaEgypt 20 works
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Where is the best place to study Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Bern, Alexandria University and Huazhong Agricultural University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 13.9%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Huazhong Agricultura…University of BernJohns Hopkins Univer…Alexandria University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of BernSwitzerland 65.715.3%8.0×12 +50.1%
2Alexandria UniversityEgypt 59.212.4%11.1×14 +136.9%
3Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 57.918.9%11.6×11 +33.2%
4Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 56.614.9%2.8×12 +0.4%
5Zhejiang UniversityChina 55.829.5%1.2×9 +14.9%
6Shanxi Agricultural UniversityChina 54.012.2%36.0×13 +311.8%
7Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 51.211.0%5.9×15 +11.1%
8University of BaghdadIraq 50.50.0%11.8×23 +63.8%
9Mazandaran University of Medical SciencesIran 45.810.4%43.6×11 -31.8%
10Yangzhou UniversityChina 45.614.4%6.1×9 +68.8%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies, country by country

Is Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies10.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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